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24 Oct
Ikea becomes the first global retailer to sell coffee from Uganda’s White Nile region
Ikea will become the first retailer to make single-origin coffee from the White Nile region in Uganda available to its customers.
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19 Oct
Catalan independence: Spain will suspend Catalonia’s autonomy
Spain has announced that it will begin the process of suspending Catalonia’s autonomy on Saturday.
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18 Oct
Rex Tillerson delivers his first major policy speech on India
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson will deliver his first major policy speech on India at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank based in Washington today.
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16 Oct
World Food Day: how close is United Nations to achieving #ZeroHunger?
Today is World Food Day.
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13 Oct
Saudi Aramco listing: the UK is on a charm offensive to win over the oil giant
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted for the first time that it met with Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company in early 2017.
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11 Oct
Catalan suspends declaration of independence: how have the markets reacted?
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence from Spain last night, easing concerns of immediate unrest.
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4 Oct
The Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2017 — female leaders brace for disruption
The Women’s Forum for Economics and Society is coming together in Paris this week for its Global Meeting.
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4 Oct
Korus: Trump tells South Korea to buy more American as trade talks resume
The Trump administration is poised to push South Korea to buy more American cars and agricultural products amid high tensions with North Korea over its nuclear capabilities.
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4 Oct
Nobel Prize winners 2017: there are no prizes for guessing who wins
The yearly Nobel prizes are announced this week.
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25 Sep
Why is Saudi Arabia returning to international conventional bond markets?
Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s largest economy, is expected to return to international bond markets as soon as this week.
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25 Sep
Why is Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe calling a snap election?
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold a snap election next month, taking advantage of his higher approval ratings and a weak opposition.
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22 Sep
German election 2017: Is Angela Merkel’s popularity reliant on a strong economy?
German chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s longest-serving leader, is set to secure her fourth term on 24 September.
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21 Sep
ThyssenKrupp Tata Steel merger: how steel prices drove the deal
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp and India’s Tata Steel will merge their European operations to create the continent’s second-biggest steel producer, after ArcelorMittal.
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20 Sep
Global Learning XPrize competition announces finalists for Africa education initiative
Global Learning XPrize, an international competition to create educational software for children in developing countries, announced the five finalists in the running to win a $15M prize.
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19 Sep
How does Qatar’s deal to buy 24 fighter jets from Britain compare to other arms sales?
Qatar’s defense minister signed a letter of intent on Sunday to purchase 24 Typhoon jets from British defense group BAE Systems in a deal likely to be worth more than £2bn.
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19 Sep
Rohingya crisis: Should Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize be revoked?
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, has failed to criticise the country’s brutal military.
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18 Sep
Why has Snapchat agreed to block Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia?
Snapchat, the video and photo messaging app, has agreed to block users from accessing Al Jazeera content in response to demands from the Saudi government.
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18 Sep
UN General Assembly 2017: Here’s what to expect
The 193-member United Nations (UN) will gather in New York this week for the annual General Assembly meeting of diplomats and world leaders.
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14 Sep
Qatar’s stock market hits a 52-month low amid Gulf crisis
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has injected $38bn of its $340bn reserves to support the country’s slowing economy resulting from an ongoing dispute with other Arab states, according to a report published by rating agency Moody’s.
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14 Sep
India’s first bullet train: everything you need to know
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi outlined plans for his country’s first high-speed bullet train on Thursday during a visit from his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe.
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13 Sep
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers report shows that world development has stalled
Back in 2015, the United Nations published the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
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12 Sep
Macron faces mass protests against his labour market reforms
French president Emmanuel Macron faces the first major challenge since taking office in May with protesters staging mass demonstrations in cities across the country against his labour market reforms.
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12 Sep
North Korea hit with new UN sanctions after hydrogen tests
The United Nations Security Council has slapped North Korea with new sanctions after it tested a hydrogen bomb on 3 September.
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8 Sep
Everything you need to know about China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKTDC) government and the Trade Development Council, is expected to attract more than 2,500 participants on Monday.
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7 Sep
Why did Trump do a deal with the Democrats and ignore senior Republicans?
US president Donald Trump unexpectedly cut a three-month debt limit deal with Democrats yesterday, defying members of his own party who wanted to extend a debt limit increase until after the 2018 mid-term elections.
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7 Sep
Are you going to one of the world’s top millionaire-making schools this September?
Verdict — in association with GlobalData WealthInsight — has calculated exactly which education institutions around the world have created the most millionaires
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5 Sep
The UK has joined these countries where the majority are non religious
Despite the Church Of England being the official state religion, the amount of people in the UK who aren’t religious has risen.
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2 Sep
Donald Trump: has he changed his foreign policy in 30 years?
It has been 30 years since Donald Trump penned an open letter to the American public saying: “America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves”.
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1 Sep
Your guide to the 9th Brics summit in Xiamen, China
China is hosting the 9th Brics summit from Sunday 5 September as tensions are beginning to appear around the group, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
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25 Aug
Fintech: These are the world’s most influential femtech voices on Twitter
In the world of fintech, close attention is being paid to female influencers who are marking their mark on the industry, bringing with them fresh perspectives and experiences